In 1980, neither China nor India had much representation in the “global middle class” — people who neither belong to the bottom half of the income distribution nor rank among the top 10% worldwide.

Income gap between the top 10% and the bottom 50% remained stable between 2014 and 2024 ...

The World Inequality Report 2026 points out that extreme inequality in India is neither natural nor unavoidable; it is the outcome of political and institutional choices ...

The central government will launch India’s first nationwide household income survey in February 2026, marking a major step toward filling a persistent data gap in measuring income distribution and ...

Following a one-day curfew popularly known as the “Janta Curfew” on 22 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a 21-day national lockdown to fight the spread of COVID-19 on 24 March 2020. The ...

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